{"id":769,"date":"2013-11-28T06:50:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T06:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/?p=769"},"modified":"2014-07-29T16:57:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T16:57:04","slug":"royal-dsms-develops-crankshaft-cover-from-castor-polyamides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2013\/11\/royal-dsms-develops-crankshaft-cover-from-castor-polyamides\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal DSM&#8217;s Develops Crankshaft Cover from Castor Polyamides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2013, Royal DSM, together with its automotive component specialist partner KACO, has\u00a0developed\u00a0a lightweight multi-functional crankshaft cover in\u00a0EcoPaXX, DSM\u2019s bio-based polyamide 410, for the latest generation of diesel engines developed by the Volkswagen Group. EcoPaXX, a bio-based, high-performance long-chain polyamide, is made mainly from tropical castor beans.<\/p>\n<p>This EcoPaXX cover incorporates integral seals in PTFE and liquid silicon rubber (LSR), as well as various metal inserts. It will be used on Volkswagen\u2019s new MDB modular diesel engine platform, implemented across its Audi, Seat, \u0160koda and VW brands.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with covers made in aluminum, system costs for the EcoPaXX cover are considerably lower, due in part to the use of an integrated, fully automated production cell for the component at KACO. Weight has been reduced considerably too, since the EcoPaXX grade is 45% less dense than aluminum.<\/p>\n<p>The development represents a step forward in terms of sustainability, from material production to the vehicle on the road. DSM\u2019s EcoPaXX polyamide 410 is 70% derived from renewable resources, and the polymer is certified 100% carbon neutral from cradle to gate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greencarcongress.com\/2013\/09\/20130902-dsm.html\">http:\/\/www.greencarcongress.com\/2013\/09\/20130902-dsm.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get to know more about related derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/hco\/12_hsa\/12_hsa_hydroxy_stearic_acid.html\">2 Hydroxy Stearic Acid (12 HSA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/bp\/castor_oil_bp_grade_castoroil.html\">BP Grade Castor Oil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/c11\/undecylenic_acid\/methyl_undecylenate\/methyl_undecylenate.html\">Methyl Undecylenate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/hco\/12_hsa\/methyl_12_hsa\/methyl_12_hsa.html\">Methyl 12 HSA (Hydroxy Stearate Acid)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/c7\/heptaldehyde\/heptaldehyde.html\">Heptaldehyde<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Some interesting links<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingenergyanalytics.com\/blog\/?p=11\">Building Energy Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weird.gallery\/crazy-and-weird-stuff-with-solar-power\/\">Some Innovative &amp; Unique Solar Power<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2013, Royal DSM, together with its automotive component specialist partner KACO, has\u00a0developed\u00a0a lightweight multi-functional crankshaft cover in\u00a0EcoPaXX, DSM\u2019s bio-based polyamide 410, for the latest generation of diesel engines developed by the Volkswagen Group. EcoPaXX, a bio-based, high-performance long-chain &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2013\/11\/royal-dsms-develops-crankshaft-cover-from-castor-polyamides\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,23,55],"tags":[82,141,140],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-castor-oil-companies","category-castor-oil-derivatives","category-castor-plastics","tag-castor-polyamides","tag-dsm","tag-ecopaxx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}